Oh man, that's last little bit in the credits made me really belt out a laugh.

Now I'm off to find some Harry Belafonte on YouTube.

Great review Yahtzee! :)

EDIT: I just wanted to point out that Shadow of Mordor has a fantastic cast doing the VO. Troy Baker is the lead role and he always offers a great performance. But in addition to that there's Nolan (because of course he's in there) North, Phil Lamarr, and even Bender himself John Dimaggio.

As someone who's fairly knowledgeable about the books I found seeing where they intertwined little lore snippets into the game quite interesting(and of course where they deviated as well). That likely made me enjoy the story rather more than Yahtzee did. That said he nailed the big strengths of this game. Combat is solid, game world is large enough to be enjoyable and the Nemesis system adds your own personal touch to the experience(and allows for replayability, wooooo!).

I quite like the gameplay, but "You never feel OP" doesn't apply for me tbh. Honestly, I felt OP from the first second I dropped down in the game, creeped up behind a marching column of 10 orcs and "stealth killed" them all one after the other.

It's not like I'm especially good either, the orcs in this game just have a case of tunnelvision equivalent to that of a closet pervert peeking through a keyhole while simultaneously wanking off. Unless you're standing almost right in front of them they don't react whatsoever.

The rest of the combat is also getting boring to me after a few hours, as I can literally engage 100 orcs and kill them all. I haven't even unlocked any of the truly OP powers either.

The Nemesis system is great, but the OPness of the boring Talion character sorta kills it for me tbh.

Glad to see that Yahtzee can enjoy a game that does things basically right, even if it's not groundbreaking. Though I suppose that of MORRRDORRR had been made by Nintendo it would be a different sort of review.

I haven't played arkham or any ass creed games but I think mordor is spectacular. I don't even care to advance the story missions, I just go on vendettas and figure out new ways to kill captains.

The orcs all have great personality and the captains are all unique. So far I haven't found a single captain repeat. And the fact that they comment on killing you if you come back for revenge is glorious.

Additionally the game is great for playing in 15 minute intervals which works for gamers with jobs/families. Start it up, run a mission, shutdown against.

Thunderous Cacophony:Glad to see that Yahtzee can enjoy a game that does things basically right, even if it's not groundbreaking. Though I suppose that of MORRRDORRR had been made by Nintendo it would be a different sort of review.

It's strange, the only fanboys worse than Nintendo fanboys are Tolkien fanboys. Who to this day insist that the eagles are totally not bullshit.

Thunderous Cacophony:Glad to see that Yahtzee can enjoy a game that does things basically right, even if it's not groundbreaking. Though I suppose that of MORRRDORRR had been made by Nintendo it would be a different sort of review.

It's strange, the only fanboys worse than Nintendo fanboys are Tolkien fanboys. Who to this day insist that the eagles are totally not bullshit.

I don't even care for Nintendo, I haven't bought a product from them in years. It's just that recently I've noticed him taking more and more jabs at the company and it's fans for no very good reason, and it's starting to annoy me.

Also, the eagles aren't bullshit if you read the books, Peter Jackson just shit the bed repeatedly and with great gusto when it came to explaining them. Seriously, a 30-second conversation at the start of the second Hobbit movie could have done wonders.

Thunderous Cacophony:Glad to see that Yahtzee can enjoy a game that does things basically right, even if it's not groundbreaking. Though I suppose that of MORRRDORRR had been made by Nintendo it would be a different sort of review.

It's strange, the only fanboys worse than Nintendo fanboys are Tolkien fanboys. Who to this day insist that the eagles are totally not bullshit.

By the eagles do you mean why didnt they used them to get there? Because the problem wasnt how to get there, it was how to get there unnoticed.

Fdzzaigl:I quite like the gameplay, but "You never feel OP" doesn't apply for me tbh. Honestly, I felt OP from the first second I dropped down in the game, creeped up behind a marching column of 10 orcs and "stealth killed" them all one after the other.

It's not like I'm especially good either, the orcs in this game just have a case of tunnelvision equivalent to that of a closet pervert peeking through a keyhole while simultaneously wanking off. Unless you're standing almost right in front of them they don't react whatsoever.

The rest of the combat is also getting boring to me after a few hours, as I can literally engage 100 orcs and kill them all. I haven't even unlocked any of the truly OP powers either.

The Nemesis system is great, but the OPness of the boring Talion character sorta kills it for me tbh.

This, I honestly dont understand how "You never fell OP" can show up in a review of this game, I still like it but damn, did they miss the mark in not having difficulty options.

Thunderous Cacophony:Glad to see that Yahtzee can enjoy a game that does things basically right, even if it's not groundbreaking. Though I suppose that of MORRRDORRR had been made by Nintendo it would be a different sort of review.

It's strange, the only fanboys worse than Nintendo fanboys are Tolkien fanboys. Who to this day insist that the eagles are totally not bullshit.

Given that Tolkien's notes basically flat-out state that the eagles are the personal servants of Middle Earth's head 'god', they're as close to a Deus Ex Machina as you'll probably find in the setting. On the plus side, they only show up in LotR after the main thrust of the story has been resolved; Frodo and Sam would've died without them, but the Ring would still have been destroyed.

It's strange, the only fanboys worse than Nintendo fanboys are Tolkien fanboys. Who to this day insist that the eagles are totally not bullshit.

The eagles weren't bullshit. From what I remember, it was Gandalf's original plan to use the eagles to fly the ring into Mordor. But he kept the eagle plan as a secret from the rest of the Fellowship in case any of them got captured. Then everything went to shit in the Misty Mountains which is why there was a trilogy instead of a short story.

The Nemesis system is great, but the OPness of the boring Talion character sorta kills it for me tbh.

Pro-tip: Turn off visual indicators for attacks (the little icons displaying when the enemies are going to attack). Makes the fights tons harder, but still doable as the enemies do telegraph their attacks pretty well. What ends up happening is you have to pay pretty close attention to all the orcs you're engaging to be ready for the counter move. When fighting a handful this is pretty simple, but once you get 10 or so orcs trying to kick down your back door it becomes legitimately challenging.